“What connects a dad living in Lahore in Pakistan, an amateur hockey player from Nova Scotia – and a man named Kevin from Houston, Texas? They’re all linked to Channel3Now – a website whose story giving a false name for the 17-year-old charged over the Southport attack was widely quoted in viral posts on X. Channel3Now also wrongly suggested the attacker was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat last year.”

“An examination by The New York Times found that the company, which is a major source of Mr. Trump’s wealth, is increasingly reliant on revenue from an obscure corner of the ad market: a niche, sometimes called ‘the patriotic economy,’ that caters to hard-core Trump fans and Christian conservatives.”

“Sky’s North of England producer Hope Yeomans also reported seeing other journalists targeted. She wrote: ‘We have seen other journalists targeted by rioters – telling us that we are all working for the government and are preventing the truth. We have had colleagues who have had their camera equipment smashed and stolen.'”

“One of the biggest challenges is maintaining momentum while figuring out how to translate that into sustainable income. I have a big presence on Twitter, but the monetization there doesn’t compare to YouTube and TikTok. For example, with the Young Thug trial in Atlanta that I’ve been covering, I’ve focused more on TikTok and YouTube over Twitter because of the greater monetization potential.”

“This is one small example of the global fallout from Spotify’s haphazard rush into — and out of — podcasting… In Latin America, the company was so dominant that its name is synonymous with the podcast boom itself, as well as the bust that podcast producers find themselves in today.”

“A new Tow Center analysis of campaign finance records and nonprofit filings reveals four political action committees and four nonprofit organizations paid a network of partisan pay-for-play news sites controlled by Metric Media over $14 million in 2021-2022. The investigation demonstrates millions more flowing to partisan ‘pink slime’ news sites than previously reported. The payments can be traced to organizations tied to conservative megadonors, including shipping magnate Richard Uihlein, billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel, and oil and gas billionaire Tim Dunn.”

“All of these posts celebrate and elevate a particular idea of a person: a normal guy who is uncomplicated and decent. He isn’t cool, and he knows it—a self-awareness that brings a kind of liberation. From a strategic standpoint, the Harris campaign seems to understand that the Dad is exactly the right meme to counter the alienating and extremely online tendencies of the right wing.”

“The Instagram campaign deliberately targeted a group of users labelled as ‘unknown’ in its advertising system, which Google knew skewed towards under-18s, these people said. Meanwhile, documents seen by the FT suggest steps were taken to ensure the true intent of the campaign was disguised.”

“‘It’s not possible, really, ever, to grow at the rates that investment firms want,’ King said. ‘The people creating stuff say, ‘Hey, that’s not possible.’ The people funding the stuff say, ‘We don’t really care. Do more.’ And you just end up with this conflict of ideas and expectations.'”

“‘I make $55,000 a year covering, arguably, our most important sports beat,’ said Maggie Vanoni, 27, a Hearst reporter who covers the powerhouse University of Connecticut’s women’s basketball team. ‘I can’t afford my rent right now.'”